1 Elisha hadde sagt til kvinnen hvis sønn han hadde vekket til live, Dra nå av sted med hele din husstand, og finn et annet sted å bo der du kan; for på Herrens befaling vil det bli stor matmangel i landet, og det vil vare i sju år.

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

2 Kvinnen dro av sted og gjorde som Guds mann hadde sagt; hun og hele husstanden bodde i filisternes land i sju år.

So the woman got up and did as the man of God said; and she and the people of her house were living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

3 Da de sju årene var omme, vendte kvinnen tilbake fra filisternes land og gikk til kongen for å be om sitt hus og sin jord.

And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

4 Kongen satt i samtale med Gehazi, tjeneren til Guds mann, og sa: Nå, fortell meg om alle de store gjerningene Elisha har gjort.

Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.

5 Mens han fortalte kongen om hvordan Elisha hadde vekket døde til liv, kom kvinnen hvis sønn hadde blitt vekket til live, for å be kongen om sitt hus og sitt land. Gehazi sa: Min herre konge, dette er kvinnen, og dette er hennes sønn som Elisha ga livet tilbake.

And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.

6 Kongen spurte kvinnen, og hun fortalte ham hele historien. Så ga kongen befaling til en av sine tjenere om å gi henne tilbake alt hun eide, og all avkastningen fra hennes marker fra den dagen hun dro fra landet og til nå.

And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.

7 Elisha kom til Damaskus mens Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, var syk. De sa til ham: Guds mann er kommet hit.

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, was ill; and they said to him, The man of God has come.

8 Kongen sa da til Hazael: Ta med deg en gave, gå og møt Guds mann, og hør hva Herren har å si gjennom ham: Vil jeg bli frisk av denne sykdommen?

Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?

9 Hazael dro for å møte ham, og med seg hadde han førti kameler lastet med gaver av forskjellige gode ting fra Damaskus. Da han kom til Elisha, sa han: Din sønn Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, har sendt meg for å spørre: Vil jeg bli frisk av denne sykdommen?

So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

10 Elisha svarte: Gå og si til ham at han sikkert vil bli frisk; men Herren har gjort det klart for meg at han likevel skal dø.

And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

11 Elisha stirret på ham inntil han ble skamfull, og Guds mann brast i gråt.

And he kept his eyes fixed on him till he was shamed, and the man of God was overcome with weeping.

12 Hazael spurte: Hvorfor gråter min herre? Elisha svarte: Fordi jeg ser det onde du vil gjøre mot Israels barn: du vil sette ild på deres festninger, drepe deres unge menn med sverd, knuse deres små barn og skjære opp kvinner som er med barn.

And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.

13 Hazael sa: Hvordan kan din tjener, som bare er en hund, gjøre så store ting? Elisha sa: Herren har vist meg at du skal bli konge over Aram.

And Hazael said, How is it possible that your servant, who is only a dog, will do this great thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has made it clear to me that you will be king over Aram.

14 Så dro han bort fra Elisha og kom til sin herre, som spurte: Hva sa Elisha til deg? Han svarte: Han sa at du sikkert vil bli frisk.

Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.

15 Dagen etter tok Hazael et dekk, gjorde det vått, og la det over Ben-Hadads ansikt, slik at han døde. Og Hazael ble konge i hans sted.

Now on the day after, Hazael took the bed-cover, and making it wet with water, put it over Ben-hadad's face, causing his death: and Hazael became king in his place.

16 I det femte året til Joram, sønn av Ahab, kongen av Israel, ble Jehoram, sønn av Josjafat, konge over Juda.

In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

17 Han var trettito år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i åtte år i Jerusalem.

He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

18 Han fulgte Israels kongers veier, slik som Ahabs hus gjorde; for han hadde Ahabs datter til kone, og han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne.

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

19 Men Herren ville ikke ødelegge Juda, for Davids, hans tjeners skyld, fordi han hadde lovet ham en lampe for alltid.

But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

20 I hans tid frigjorde Edom seg fra Judas herredømme og satte en konge over seg.

In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

21 Joram dro til Se'ir med alle sine vogner, ... angrep edomittene om natten, ... hærførerne i vognene, og folket flyktet til sine telt.

Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.

22 Slik frigjorde Edom seg fra Judas herredømme til denne dag. På samme tid gjorde også Libna seg fri.

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.

23 Resten av Jorams gjerninger og alt han gjorde, er nedskrevet i boken om Judas konger.

Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

24 Joram la seg til hvile hos sine fedre og ble begravet med dem i Davids by, og hans sønn Ahasja ble konge etter ham.

And Joram went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David: and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

25 I det tolvte året Joram, sønn av Ahab, var konge av Israel, ble Ahasja, sønn av Jehoram, konge av Juda.

In the twelfth year that Joram, the son of Ahab, was king of Israel, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king;

26 Ahasja var tjueto år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i ett år i Jerusalem. Hans mor het Atalja, datter av Omri, kongen av Israel.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri, king of Israel.

27 Han fulgte Ahabs hus veier og gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, slik som Ahabs hus gjorde, for han var svigersønn til Ahabs hus.

He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Ahab did, for he was a son-in-law of the family of Ahab.

28 Han dro sammen med Joram, sønn av Ahab, for å føre krig mot Hazael, kongen av Aram, ved Ramot-Gilead. Joram ble såret av arameerne.

He went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the Aramaeans.

29 Kong Joram vendte tilbake til Jisre'el for å bli frisk etter sårene som bueskytterne hadde gitt ham ved Rama, da han kjempet mot Hazael, kongen av Aram. Ahasja, sønn av Jehoram, kongen av Juda, dro ned for å se Joram, sønn av Ahab, i Jisre'el, fordi han var syk.

So King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.